President: Fine, I could go until the 20th if necessary. Is Schmidt off?
Kissinger: He has his own scandal. Brandt's plus an advisor buying votes for the Soviet treaty ratification. Much like your problem. Now Brandt has decided to publish his memoirs. The whole affair is much like Watergate. Like the Chile affair.
President: That is not going anywhere, I don't think.
Kissinger: They are hunting in foreign policy. It is now my operation, not CIA.
President: I probably should have a good question and answer session on the Chile operation.
Kissinger: Separate the two issues. Describe why covert operations are sometimes necessary. Refuse to talk about the specifics of this. This operation followed the procedures that were regularly used.
President: On the Israelis, which is the chicken and which is the egg?
Kissinger: We have to give them this list. Don't put it on a blunt quid pro quo basis. That could leak to the Jewish community.
The Jackson letter. It is in bad faith. The Soviet Union won't buy it. I don't even know if these could stick.
President: In the House, one Congress is not bound by the previous Congress.
Kissinger: This procedure means that every year we would go through this. Javits thinks it should be a regular veto by one House.
President: He told me that. I wouldn't buy that until we have fought for the other.
Kissinger: We could get up a breakfast or just say it is unacceptable and see.
President: I would want to know that Ribicoff and Javits are okay.
Kissinger: Why don't I call him and meet again before you meet with them.
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